So good we had it twice

The next recipe book comes with happy memories since it reminds Katherine and me of one of our first holidays together! It's Patricia Wells: At Home in Provence.

In fact, I have a signed copy of the book, signed not by the author but by her alter ego:

We have done several recipes already from the book, and so the rules of the game dictate that we have to do a new one. So we decided on Maria's Ginger Shrimp:

 This recipe demands a lot of ginger and a lot of garlic:

You're supposed to slice the garlic, but that isn't really visible from the picture. Anyway, you also have to devein and shell the shrimp:

Before

2 hours later (not pictured: several glasses of wine)

I chose to use the shrimp shells to make a little shrimp jus to add to the dish:

Now for frying the garlic and ginger, and adding nearly a whole bottle of white wine:

Still no shrimp in the dish! You reduce that mixture until only about a cup remains. Only then do you add the shrimp, just tossing them in the hot broth:

Chiffonade some basil:

Then dish up, putting the shrimp on rice, and decorating with the basil:

Delicious! We had it again a couple of weeks later, this time with linguine, and it was even better. So thank you, Judy! Seven years later, and Provençal Patty is still coming up trumps!